Welcome to a Place of Curiosity, Creativity & Exploration

About Me

I have worked in advertising and PR since the mid-1990s, spending three decades helping other people tell their stories before I finally got around to telling my own. It has turned out to be the most fun I have had in a long time.

This is not a news site, and it is not a highlight reel. Think of it as a front porch conversation about the good stuff most of us walk right past every day. I explore food, people, neighborhoods, back roads, travel destinations, and the kind of everyday moments that turn out to be more interesting than they first appear. You just have to slow down long enough to look.

I will be straight with you. I am an optimist. I read the same headlines you do, and that can be exhausting. But this world has far more warmth, compassion, generosity, and quiet heroism in it than what shows up in our feeds. Finding these beautiful stories and sharing them is the whole point of what I’m attempting to do.

What Keeps Me Rooted

When I am not making videos or running Omaha Advertising (my full-service creative studio), you will often find me in the garden or bicycling around the area. I founded the Benson Community Garden in 2011, which provides 36 individuals and families with a place to grow their own food in one of Omaha’s most historic neighborhoods. I am also launching Villa Terra, a practical sustainability project built around a simple idea: that you can live well, care for the land, and lead a deeply good life all at once.

I am also an FAA-licensed drone pilot, which keeps teaching me the same lesson I learn on the ground. Even the most ordinary place looks extraordinary once you find the right angle on it.

Come Be Curious With Me

If any of this sounds like your kind of thing, follow along and sign up for my emails. I share new stories, micro-adventures, food finds, and the kind of overlooked places worth slowing down for. No noise, no clutter. Just the good stuff, when I find it.

Know a Story I should Hear?

Have a hidden-gem restaurant I should try? A business owner with a story worth telling? A museum, a back road, a festival, or a person quietly doing something remarkable for their community? I want to hear about it!

The best discoveries I’ve made have come from people just like you who said, “Hey, you really should check this out.” So do not be shy. Point me somewhere good.

Reach me directly at kurt@villaterra.org or find me on any of my social channels.